Vittorio Colao - Vodafone Group

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We have made a good start to the year in Europe, where our commercial momentum remains robust. Although competition in India remains intense, service revenues stabilised compared with the prior quarter.feedback

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Global enterprise used to grow (around) 5 percent, now it's 2, so yes there is a deceleration. What I hear, what I see is there is a pressure on revenues and we are a little bit stricter on the profitability of some contracts, so we don't always bid to the last penny to win.feedback

Each market is different, they have different objectives in other markets, we have different strengths in different markets, but of course it helps. My sense is it depends on how their strategy evolves and how the markets evolve.feedback

They see that in each country there is a KPN (KPN.AS), a Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI), a Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), a BT (BT.L), that are at the end of the day still incredibly, I would not want to use the word dominant, but let's say influential. And you want a counter force, and we could be that counter force.feedback

The market that slightly disappointed us this quarter is India, where we have slowed down. There has been quite a bit of pressure on voice (and) there has been quite some pressure on data, but we had a very good quarter in terms of net additions.feedback

We have made a good start to the year, reporting robust results despite challenging macroeconomic conditions across southern European economies and the impact of cuts to mobile termination rates. With our broad geographical mix and improving market positions, we are well placed for the rest of the financial year.feedback

Vodafone has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We also greatly value the integrity of the democratic processes and institutions that are often the targets of purveyors of fake news. We will not tolerate our brand being associated with this kind of abusive and damaging content.feedback

I wouldn't have any plan to trade out of the UK. The UK is part of Vodafone; it is a strong, robust economy and market. Enterprise is 50pc of the UK revenue and the network is a single entity so it's difficult to think of any different plan, and we don't have one.feedback

I disagree with people who say that politicians are irrational, politicians are among the most rational people that I meet because they use the rationality of political support, so we need to be sure there is a good environment for providing political support for politicians who want to find agreement. So the question is what is the likelihood that the Brexit process actually determines a slowdown in the economy or even worse consequences, now here I happen to be a little bit more optimistic than most people because I believe that it is nobody's interest to generate that.feedback

We are committed to ensuring that our employees are drawn from diverse communities and societies. Our ambition to be one of the best employers for women in the world is central to that commitment.feedback

We treat Switzerland, which is not part of the EU, as part of it so why would we not treat the UK that way? I think in the end the UK will be part of the system. Essentially, telecom rules and regulations in the UK are aligned to the European ones so the same rules will probably determine the same treatment.feedback

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